Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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FNUS21 KWNS 210840
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0240 AM CST WED DEC 21 2005
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
OVERALL UPPER PATTERN WILL DEAMPLIFY THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH
BREAKDOWN OF WESTERN STATES RIDGE AND EASTERN TROUGH. MULTIPLE
UPPER IMPULSES APPROACHING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL KEEP A WET
PATTERN ACROSS NORTHERN CA/ORE/WA INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BE PREVALENT FROM THE CNTRL ROCKIES AND SOUTHERN
PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES.
...NRN FL/SRN AL/SRN GA/SC...
PRESENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST STATES. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 25-35
PERCENT FOR A FEW HOURS DURATION. IN SPITE OF CRITICAL RH
VALUES...RELATIVELY COOL AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND
MODEST NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 MPH OR LESS WILL TEND TO KEEP THE FIRE
WEATHER THREAT MARGINAL.
..GUYER.. 12/21/2005
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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FNUS22 KWNS 210845
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0245 AM CST WED DEC 21 2005
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
WITH BREAKDOWN OF UPPER PATTERN...WESTERLY ZONAL FLOW WILL BE
PREVALENT OVER THE CONUS ON THURSDAY. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE
WILL REMAIN DOMINANT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES...WITH A RELATIVELY
DRY AIRMASS PERSISTING OVER THE REGION.
...NORTHERN FL/AL/GA...
WITH LITTLE FLUCTUATION OF AIRMASS CHARACTERISTICS OWING TO
INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE...ANOTHER DAY OF MARGINALLY CRITICAL RH
VALUES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN FL INTO AL/GA ON THURSDAY.
ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE HIGH PRESSURE/WEAK
PRESSURE GRADIENT...RATHER LIGHT WINDS OF 5-10 MPH OR LESS ARE
ANTICIPATED OVER THE REGION.
...EASTERN NM/NORTHWEST TX...
LOCALLY GUSTY W/SW WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN PRESENCE OF
SHARPENING LEE TROUGH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15-20 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN NM PLAINS
AND NORTHWEST TX. MILD AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM WELL
THROUGH THE 60S. MARGINAL NATURE OF WIND SPEEDS/RH VALUES WILL TEND
TO LIMIT THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..GUYER.. 12/21/2005
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...